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Oracle® Solaris Cluster Data Service for MySQL Guide

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Updated: June 2017
 
 

HA for MySQL Overview

The MySQL software delivers a fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

MySQL is freely available under the GNU General Public License. You can download it from http://www.mysql.com.

The HA for MySQL data service provides a mechanism for orderly startup and shutdown, fault monitoring and automatic failover of the MySQL service. The following MySQL components are protected by the HA for MySQL data service.

Table 2  Protection of Components
Component
Protected by
MySQL server
HA for MySQL